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Central Michigan LIFE
VoL 66 No. 64
©1984 CM UFE
16 pages
Mount Pleasant, Mich. 48859
Monday, March S, 1984
PB decides against
Anderson lecture
amidst controversy
by JAMES GEMMELL
LIFE Staff Writer
Voices were raised and fingers were pointed but when all
was said and done, former presidential candidate John
Anderson had been nixed as a lecturer at CMU this
semester.
After agreeing to pursue the possible signing of Anderson
for a spring lecture date at its weekly meeting Tuesday,
Program Board called a special meeting Friday to determine whether to go ahead with the contract signing.
The impromptu caucus saw PB officials vote the Anderson date down bv a 7 to 5 count, with 3 abstentions.
Travel coordinator Tim McLaren, an advocate of booking
Anderson, suggested PB Chairwoman Ann Higgins and
other officials may have collaborated to insure Anderson
would not appear at Central.
"1 got enraged about this whole issue when I found out th-
contract was in jeopardy. I think it's so selfish of this board
to think we can decide who can come here and who can't. I
think we should be open arms to everybody," McLaren,
Hillman sophomore, told PB.
McLaren told the board he suspected there might have
been some behind-the-scenes maneuvering against the
possible lecture after Higgins, Ohio junior, phoned Student
Activities Coordinator Sharon George last week while in
Nashville, Tenn., viewing a showcase lecture by Anderson.
Higgins and two other PB members attended a conference there, where Anderson and other speakers gave mini-
lecture samples to programming agencies.
McLaren apparently suspected Higgins might have told
George not to sign the Anderson contract because of a negative impression she received from Anderson's mini-lecture
in Tennessee.
"I'm not accusing you (Higgins), but why would you make
an expensive phone call for nothing?" McLaren said.
Higgins replied that "our conversation wasn't about that,
specifically. I called to relay information to everyone about
what we were doing in Nashville." _     „_.„...
___   »Sce"PB"—page 2
Federal Reserve Board post open
CMU prof cited as successor
byPAULMASON
UFE Ass't N«ws Editor
A CMU professor may be
nominated to one of the country's most powerful positions.
Martha Seger, professor of
finance, may be nominated to
the Federal Reserve Board
within the next several weeks
by President Ronald Reagan,
the New York Times reported
Friday.
White House officials,
however, would not confirm
the report Friday until formal
approval from the Oval Office,
said Flo Taussig, staff assistant for the White House Press
Office.
Conservative Republican
Richard Headlee said Sunday
he sent letters to Reagan, U.S.
Rep. William Broomfield, R-
Birmingham and others endorsing Seger for the position.
Headlee and Seger are state
co-chairpersons for the
Citizens for America, a
national organization which
takes positions on political
issues, Headlee said.
"There's no question she is
qualified. It would be a great
tribute to the state to have
someone selected to serve as a
monetary policy maker for the
country," Headlee said, adding
Seger was active in his 1982
gubernatorial campaign
against Democrat James Blanchard.
Seger previously served as
an economist for the Federal
Reserve Board, is a former
state banking commissioner,
and served as chief economist
for Detroit Bank and Trust,
now called Comerica.
The seven-member Federal
Reserve Board controls the
♦See "Seger"—page 2
Knight chosen for Olympics
Deb Knight, will be on her way to Los Angeles this
summer for the XXIII Summer Olympics.
cmunnmi
by TIM SMITH
UFE Ass't Sports Editor
Deb Knight, CMU's head women's athletic trainer, has been
selected by the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee as a
trainer for the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles.
Gail Weldon, director of athletic training services for the
LAOOC in Los Angeles, said Knight's contract has been finalized
and is in the mail.
The selection by Weldon and the LAOOC makes Knight one of
only 12 trainers selected outside the state of California for the
Olympics. Weldon said 475 trainers were selected by the committee to work this summer's Olympics, mostly from the Southern
California area.
Knight's assignment will be inside of the Los Angeles Coliseum
for the track and field portion of the games. Knight will be one of
nine trainers working on the coliseum floor during the competition. The 30 to 40 other trainers scheduled to be working the track
and field events will be outside of the arena in physical therapy
and first aid areas.
"Deb will be responsible for essentially acute common-care
♦See "Knight" —page 14
Graduation ceremonies
moved to afternoon
byGREGHELMLING
LIFE Copy Editor
Graduation ceremonies this
May will begin at 1 p.m., an
hour and one-half earlier than
past years, but two and one-
half hours later than originally
proposed.
President Harold Abel
changed the starting time from
the 10:30 a.m. proposal by the
Task Force on Commencement
Behavior. The task force was
formed in November to combat
rowdyism at graduation ceremonies.
Among the proposals the
task force sent Abel was a
10:30 a.m. starting time to prevent drinking before the ceremony.
Abel said he changed the
time for the convenience of
students and parents.
Improved behavior at December graduation made the
change possible, Abel said.
"We thought the behavior
had improved considerably in
December," Abel said.
Abel said he received complaints from students, parents
and local businesses about the
proposed 10:30 a.m. starting
time.
"I had heard some concerns
expressed that the 10:30 time
produced problems in terms of
parents traveling and getting
here on time and being able to
take their sons and daughters
out to eat," Abel said.
Task force Chairwoman
Janice Reynolds, vice provost
for Academic Adminstration,
said the businesses expressing
concern were restaurants.
"They quite frankly thought
that they would lose a substan-
♦See "Change"—page 14
Local clinic
may submit
bid for UHS
take over
bySHERRYYAEK
UFE Ass't News Editor
Central Michigan Community Hospital might
not be the only organization contemplating a
move to assume control over University Health
Services.
UHS Director Ed Brown has had some contact with personnel at the Davis Clinic, 314 S.
Brown, and said he thinks the University may
receive a bid from them.
Brown said he was approached by Dr. Daniel
Radawski from the clinic, who asked about the
possibility of a takeover.
"The question was asked would we accept a
proposal and I said yes — that was the extent of
the conversation," Brown said.
Alvin Noble, business manager for the clinic,
said Radawski was approached by Brown.
"Dr. Radawski said Mr. Brown said they are
looking for alternatives," Noble said.
♦See "Health"—page 2
Wet T-shirt contest
picketed by protesters
bySUEMAJESKE
UFE Staff Writer
Sex exploitation versus fun and profit sums
up the controversy over the wet T-shirt contest
at the Ward Theatre, 218 S. Main. Saturday
night.
The contest, sponsored by Phi Kappa Tau.
was met by about 40 picketers. protesting the
contest as degrading to women. The protesters
carried signs and passed out leaflets protesting
the wet T-shirt contest, said Martha Logsdon, a
member of the group and associate professor of
political science.
The leaflets, which were passed out to the
"few women" in line, explained the group's
view the contest was degrading to women and
encouraged women's status as purely sex objects. Logsdon said.
Some of the signs read, "CMU women, don't
sell your dignity for S50," and "Stop sex exploitation," Logsdon said.
In their 40-minute vigilance under the mar-
kee, Logsdon said some of the theater-goers
said."Don'tyouknowthisisjust for fun?"
Some of those going to watch the contest and
movie chanted, "We want tits," Logsdon said.
"I think this shows the extent to which
women are objectified by the kinds of persons
drawn to such an event. Logsdon said
♦See "Picket" — page 14
Protestors picketed prior to a wet T-shirt contest which took place at the Ward
Theatre, 218 S. Main, prior to a movie Saturday night.	
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In Brief
Sponsor sheets and registration forms for
the April 14 CROP Walk Fast Run, sponsored
by Bread for the World, will be distributed
Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the Lake Superior
Room of the University Center.
Campus
WCMU-FM has joined a
new statewide news network for Michigan public
radio stations
pageS
Although Aldo Nova
hadn't heard of CMU before his agent booked a
concert here, he will receive a formal introduction Tuesday.
page 6
Sports
Central is in the
process of hiring a
new assistant sports
information director
with four applicants
remaining.
page 11
Weather
A travelers advisory is in effect today.
Mostly cloudy today
with snow likely.
Highs in the low to
mid   30s.
mm